Greetings from Jose Reyna, As a candidate for Maverick County Judge, I would like to invite you to take your identification card or ID during this very important election since in the state of Texas you are unable to vote without identification. Believe and trust that with your identification and…

Having been involved in serving the community as a teacher, family service worker, early childhood program administrator, and a confirmation catechist at my church; I have longed worked for positive change in Maverick County. PERSONAL HISTORY I am the youngest of four brothers born and raised as part of a…

by Aman Batheja, The Texas Tribune Dec. 23, 2013 Like many others, Eddie Posselt was drawn to South Texas last year by job opportunities in the oil fields. Initially, the El Paso native found work in Carrizo Springs as a well tester. But six months later, a different opportunity presented…

By:  Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. As the deadline for the approval of a new Federal Farm Bill fast approaches Congress, poor, rural, and border communities in impoverished zones across the State of Texas,including Maverick County, and the United States are threatened with receiving less…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The City of Eagle Pass Public Children’s Library celebrated the Christmas holiday season with a visit from Santa Claus and a traditional Posada complete with pinatas, candies, gifts, and delicious food and refreshments on Thursday, December 19, 2013, at…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Eagle Pass Police Department Lieutenant Moises “Moses” Pena was suspended without pay from the City of Eagle Pass. Lieutenant Moses Pena is a 28 year veteran of the Eagle Pass Police Department and is one of three Lieutenants in…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. Texas State Senator Carlos I. Uresti, District 19 (D-San Antonio), wrote a letter to Mr. Darvin Messer, Project Manager of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, on December 12, 2013, requesting that the U.S. Army…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Dec. 19, 2013 The Obama administration on Thursday announced that it deported 368,644 undocumented immigrants from the country during the 2013 fiscal year. That’s a decrease from the 409,849 removals during fiscal year 2012. But that didn’t stop advocates for immigration reform from immediately…

by Julián Aguilar, The Texas Tribune Dec. 18, 2013 EL PASO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents subjected a U.S. citizen to unwarranted searches, including vaginal probes and a CT scan, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union in a U.S. district court. The…

By: Jose G. Landa Copyright 2013 Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc. The Maverick County Solid Waste Authority (MCSWA) expansion of its facility by adding a second cell to store solid waste was completed after several months of design and construction in November 2013, announced Mike Castillo, General Manager of the…